#36B3AF#36B3AF

#36B3AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.106 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B3AF
RGB	rgb(54, 179, 175)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 0%, 2.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -34.12, -7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 35.01, 192.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.1041 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.106 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3757, 36.1167, 46.1830)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B3AF #B3363A

analogous

#36B370 #36B3AF #3678B3

triadic

#36B3AF #AF36B3 #B3AF36

tetradic

#36B3AF #7036B3 #B3363A #78B336

square

#36B3AF #7036B3 #B3363A #78B336

split-complementary

#36B3AF #B33678 #B37036

monochromatic

#1A5553 #288481 #36B3AF #59CDC9 #88DBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#36B3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#36B3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B3AF

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B3AF	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 179, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.106 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cac6',
    500: '#36b3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b3af;
$custom-light: #80cac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.08,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69945,
    "c": 0.10642,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B3AF

secondary

#C58082

accent

#4B4FDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B3AF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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